Banner of Truth has been a great resource for many years for me. I recently read a new author for me, Octavius Winslow, and his work, “No Condemnation.” If you would like to be blessed out of your socks, read that. Much superior commentary has been written on Romans 8…this has to be up there with one of the greatest of all time.

I love Banner of Truth! Valley of Vision has blessed me so many times, like so many others. And the Puritan Paperbacks series is outstanding.

(I have to say, though, that I’m still trying to understand the reasoning behind the dreadful modernization of “The Christian in Complete Armour.”)

I thank God for the Banner. They make so much material available and affordable that would otherwise be lost to our generation. I’m working my way through the Works of John Owen for the first time. I’ve finished a couple of volumes and already sense the presence of sin and the gracious presence of Christ more acutely.

I recently took a few college students from our church up to Banner in Carlisle and they came home with many books for themselves and others. College students!

It would be hard to find a BoT book that did not have an impact on my life. I am thankful for their work to this point and I look forward to what the Lord will do through them in the future.

(P.S.: I would encourage all to go to their local bookstores (christian or not) and encourage them to stock Banner books. You never know who will wander into a religion section and pick up a book that would change their soul.)

I appreciate Banner of Truth for the new titles they’ve published as well as for the reprints of old classics. Thank you for your labors that are all for the glory of God!

BoT is a constant source of treasured reading for me; I carry a copy of Samuel Rutherford’s “Loveliness of Christ” with me all the time.

Love their conferences. Love their books.

Please don’t stone this old converted Jew. (me) I have made numerous purchases from Banner Of Truth. Banner of Truth has done many good things, but there are also areas of concern. Respectfully, I wanted to say that the Puritans had their place and are to be appreciated, however, I believe they are to be viewed primarily in the light of their time and culture and we should read them as we continue our journey back to 66 books. They are resources, no doubt, but we dont stop there like many have. I personally own many, many works from the puritans for reference works. Some had good things to say and some did not. John Owens wrote very positive things about the future of the Jews, but Luther was quite predjudice when it came to the Jews. Sinners in the hands of an angry God may have been used by God for that time, but we live in a different culture which smiles or smurcks at sermons like that. These puritans, while they were free from the clutches of Rome, still had Rome within them.

My question is always the same; did they take us back to a religion rooted in Judaism or did they ask us to hang out with them while we get through our pilgrimage? Like the followers of Calvin, they were only men. No one wants to talk about the errors of these men after reviewing their teachings as a whole. Had the puritans had their way every church would be identical. One hymnal and one design for all buildings. That would not be godlike to go to Afric and enforce such a view onto a culture different from ours. Secondly, we have men like Douglas Wilson who are hanging their hat on Calvin and some of his erroneous teachings, i.e the validity of Roman Catholic baptism and its promotion in the Presbyterian churches today. Sinclair Ferguson has practically endorsed Douglas Wilson and his theology. Is anyone paying attention to the FV and the followers?

Why bring this up? Are you warning the flock in your conferences? Banner of truth is selling books by Piper. Piper has asked Douglas Wilson to share a platform with him at the Desiring God conference. Douglas Wilson believes Roman Catholics are our brothers and sisters if they had been baptized as infants and we as protestors of Rome should hold them to their baptism. Does that concern others as it does me? Use the godly men, but get past them to a greater source.

I have seen more commentaries on the puritans commentaries than the commentaries by the puritans. Biographies have gone too far. We are to focus and study the writings of men who spoke as they were moved by the Spirit of God. I contend the puritans would ask us to return to the Law, the writings and the prophets, whether pre-Messiah and post Messiah. As a converted Jew I am saddened to see an on-going campaign to pick a spot in history and camp out there. I am not trying to degrade them in any way. I am saying they were only men, however, men have made icons out of sinners saved by grace by their ongoing promotion of these men and their theologies.

I recently saw a limited offer on a coin with the picture of Calvin on it being sold through a reformed website. guess what? The coins sold out. what does this tell you? This is wrong, wrong, wrong and I would hope you would agree in the light of the word of God. Calvin is not a false god nor a man who rules the Roman Empire. He would be angry to see his face on coins.

I contend that we are to return to our roots and that is found in the 66 books. We have enough on our plates and do not need to add more to it. I would like to see a return to biblical judaism. Gentiles forget that salvation is from the Jews. The Jews, by the plan of the Lord, may be blinded for a time, but that does not excuse the Gentile from pursuing that which they refused. Where are the books on a return to a Jewish religion? How are you going to explain Calvin’s face on a silver, bronze or gold coin? How can you argue against idolatry when it is being practiced in the Church? Where are the books speaking on the 1st Century Jews who believed the Messiah is the Son of God? Why the on-going push for Puritan or Reformed material alone?

We have more than they had! We have software programs that would have blown their minds. Our sermons should be even greater quailty then theirs, filled with more facts because we have things like the dead sea scrolls.

What is the point I am making in general? When the Lord does open the eyes of the Jews how many of you will be able to speak their language? Have you picked up a Targum and looked through it in order to make a case for the Messiah in Isaiah 9 or Isaiah 53? Do the Bof T conferences teach you how to evangelize a Jew or be like the puritans? Do you understand the structure of the writings of both the Old and the New? Are you able to show them Messiah from the Scriptures or do you limit yourselves to the reference works of puritans and reformers? Will you hand them a book by the Puritans and say read?

Finally, the Church has gotten too comfortable with book after book. They have neglected the 66 scrolls to pursue the thoughts and philosophies of men. As I said earlier, we have Wilson promoting paedo baptism and paedo communion and when B of T sells books that can link others to their works, this is dangerous. Piper is now an outlet to Wilson and has given an audience that Wilson may never have had.

This is my persepctive as a converted Jew. My problem with books and conferences and men from the reformation, but no trail leading back to the 66 scrolls as the final destination. Only a trail leading back to Creeds and Confessions. Moshe

I think it was John Newton who said, “It is better to have no books than to own a million and not be bettered in one’s soul thereby.”For nearly thirty years I have found Banner books to be consistently flesh-withering and soul bettering.May God help us all in this last time of tribulation. All these years after the Reformation and the great Awakening we have drifted further from holiness than ever before. But still, “faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word”. Continue your efforts to put God’s Word on every path, both wide and narrow.

The Banner of Truth’s new pocket series is great. And their print of Valley of Vision is a evening companion that remains on my nightstand.

Praise God for Banner of Truth’s publishing efforts!

The distinctive that I most appreciate about Banner is their commitment to publish not what is wanted, but what is needed. Anyone can publish spiritual fluff and get copies sold, and if you’re motivated by money or fame, this model works great. But for those who treasure Christ and the truth about Him in Scripture, He is prized simply because of who He is, not because He sells a lot of books. And this focus on challenging, needed truth about Christ in the Scriptures is refreshing. Way to go Banner, and shout outs to Steve!

I came to Christ as a teenager in 1949, and now, at 77, I look back with immense gratitude to the Lord for His providential bringing me into contact with the Banner in the mid 1960s. My old friend, Ernie Reisinger, came to our church full of zeal for Biblical evangelism and ready to give away Puritan paperbacks to those who could not afford them. This of course led me to the Banner of Truth, and over the years I have been tremendously blessed by the books it has published, by the powerful speakers associated with the Banner who have enriched my life spiritually, and, last but not least, by the annual conferences which I regard as spiritual “oases” as I attend them each year. By God’s grace I have been able to attend over 20 conferences in a row, and there has never been one without benefit.

Now, after having served as a ruling elder for 48 years and with my bodily strength waning, I rejoice greatly that the Lord is raising up a new generation of younger men who are “catching the vision.” In a world where there often seems to be so much which would naturally tend to bring discouragement, it is encouraging to know, as our Puritan forebears did, that even in the midst of seemingly lean years, where there are distortions of Biblical doctrine continually arising, that our Sovereign God is yet reigning over all. Despite outward appearances, He is “working His purposes” out, and Satan and all his minions will never prevail.

I am thankful too for the leadership of men such as Steve Burlew who are doing such an excellent job of promoting the Banner and its work.

JOHN VAN VOORHIS

Just wanted to say “Keep up the great work(s) everyone!”David